to be a tad pissed off my child was left alone

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ds had a party today to go to, 7th birthday, pizzahut, 12-2.
dropped him at 12, mum of bday boy said prefer parents didnt stay
they had my mobi num and i said id b in costa a few doors down.
went to collect him at 1.55 (5mins early) as walked through resturant the birthday boys mum walked past me on way out, i only twigged it was her wen she was past me but thought perhaps birthday boys dad was still there.
got to bak of resturant and my boy and 1 other lad was sat on there own holding party bags looking puzzled and sad.
waited few mins as thought mum would b bak but no!
im bloody fuming, who leaves kids of that age, surely hosts should stay untill all kids safely bak with parents

That's bloody awful. DH has just taken DS off to an 8th birthday party and if he arrived to find DS alone the fall out would be pretty epic!

DD is 6 and Id be horrified to find her alone. Is your DS 6 or 7 (not that it matters!)

If time wrong, or an emergency, why not text you? I'm sure we would all collect early in some life threatening crisis.

Some people are hatchet faced arseholes with no manners or redeeming features. Please understand that.

I would be cross with this she was the hst and she insisted parents leave it was her duty to make sure everyone was picked up before she left.
I would be equally upset at pizzahut for allowing this to happen too. Was the member of staff young?

So everyone else had been collected by 1.55? That's a bit odd if the party ended at 2. It doesn't tea use the mum but are you sure you had the right time?

So if she was a little late, that would excuse young children being left by themselves? Alright then

What a horrible thing to do.

That's completely unacceptable. What if something had happened to a child left behind? I'm pretty sure Pizza Hut wouldn't take responsibility.

Get a hold of this woman and find out what happened. Trying to think of an acceptable excuse and failing. ..

No excuse at all for leaving the two boys. Is it possible the children had been naughty and she had had enough?

A "tad" pissed off??? I'd be furious. No wonder she isn't answering phone? Do u know where she lives

How strange!

YADNBU I would be furious! She was responsible for them so she should provide you with an explanation as to what happened.

What did the mum of the other boy say?

I would never have left any guests alone even when they were teens at any of our parties at a venue.

Do challenge her.

I presume the mum of the other boy wasn't bothered because she thought OP had stayed behind until she got there?

Totally irresponsible. Dd had a party and it finished half hour earlier, I waited until every parent had collected their child, why wouldent you!

I would almost certainly ask for an explanation. That is despicable behaviour.

Good grief - I would be livid!!! We hung around at a bowling place for 40 minutes after the end of DS's party the other week just to make sure everyone had been safely collected and gone. All the parents were on time but a few of the boys were playing on the machines/rides in the foyer and it seemed poor form to leave before they did even though they were with their parents by that point. I would most definitely challenge her, and speak to the parents of the other child who was left behind as well. Did they maybe think you had been left to watch the two boys?

Yanbu, she was out of order

Absolutely not on. You wait until the last child has been collected regardless of whether a party has finished early. Also, they had the OP's mobile number so if things had wound up early they could have let her know.

Very lucky that your son was sensible enough to stay in Pizza Hut and wait too. I'm not sure that my ds2 would have done at that age!

um, are you sure she didn't see you & other parent both getting out of your cars & hence why she started going thru the door?

If she had a stressful party I can understand the desire to leg it.

Unbelievable!! Also pretty rubbish that the other mother didn't seem fussed?!

That's appalling!!

If she asked parents not to stay then SHE is responsible for the children until they are picked up again! I would keep hassling her until I got an explaination.

Do you know the other boys mum? Surely she must have been angry too? Or perhaps as she didn't find the boys alone like you did then it didnt seem as bad to her...

YANBU, can't wait to see what she comes up with.. She was responsible for your child until you arrived!

I would be fuming.

DD (15) had a cinema trip with friends for her bday, just them no adults, but when I went to pick her up, I waited to make sure they were all picked up safely!

I can't wait to hear what reason she finally comes up with for this dereliction of duty. I think the other mum was not cross as she assumed YOU had been there all along and were waiting with her child instead of host mum. Which I still would not be happy about really.

sorry to make light of the scenario but maybe host mum changed her clocks too early! ??

I cant see why anyone would think this was OK, and also a bit surprised the staff did not comment/stop her.